Lilliabeth - 7:06 pm on Jan 31, 2007 (gmt 0)

I should also mention that you must have a client-server (domain managed) network to even install Exchange. That is to say, you need to be a company technically sophisticated enough to have domain controllers and IT professionals as Exchange will not install on a network without a domain controller; it will not install in a workgroup/peer-to-peer environment.

Keep in mind this product is designed to scale to companies the size of GE (160,000 employees), or to handle Mom-n-Pop shops (5 employees).

If you're at the Mon-n-Pop end of the spectrum, yoiu should consider purchasing Exchange Server bundled with Small Business Server, which will guide you thru the process of creating a domain controller.

Exchange Server itself is expensive (plus client access licenses are $60 each), and getting everything set up is quite challenging, but in spite of all that, it's without a doubt the best mail server in the world.

Best of luck!